Learn About SSMS Output WindowMar 17, 2018. In my experience, there have been occasions where SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) becomes unresponsive for a length of time. In one particular case, this occurred while I was expanding the list of databases. SSMS just sat there and waited for some unknown reason and became frustrating. The client eventually did respond and life was good again.

Hide And Group Columns In SSRS Using A ParameterMar 16, 2018. Ever had users come to you and request another version of a report just to add another field and group data differently? Today, was such the day for me. I really don’t like having multiple versions of the same report out there. So, I got a little fancy with the current version of the report and added a parameter then used expressions to group the data differently and hide columns. For those new to SSRS I&#39;ve embedded some links to MSDN to help you along the way.

WPF - Data Storage Using SQL ServerMar 15, 2018. For any development domain, be it mobile or web or desktop or service-based, data storage is an essential component whether it is done on the server side or the client side. WPF application is a client-side application and it also supports many data storage resources which depend on the business requirement or business choice.

Four Rules Of Right When Running A QueryMar 13, 2018. Earlier this year, I participated in the Idera #sqlchat. This is a monthly chat meeting that is organized by Idera Software and hosted by a SQL Server community member. This one was hosted by Monica Rathbun (B|T) and her topic for the month was “SQL Server Bad Habits in Configurations, Security, and Code”. It was a fun and entertaining way to spend an hour over lunch. Plus it helps to get you engaged with the SQL Server community, which is never a bad thing.

Using SWITCH On A Single PartitionMar 12, 2018. Several months ago, I was looking at a question posted on ask.sqlservercentral.com. I discovered an answer to a question regarding how to move a large amount of data around quickly. The solution was related to an aspect of table partitioning that I was not aware of. If you aren’t familiar with partitions in SQL Server, you can “divide” up a table into different segments or partitions. Often this is found in large tables (think millions/billions of rows) in order to quickly and efficiently move data around. Moving partitions around is a meta-data operation which is what makes it so efficient.

How To Insert Bulk Records Into SQL Server Using XML Data TypeMar 11, 2018. Sometimes, there is a need to insert bulk records into a database. In some cases, we have multiple unique records and that all needs to be inserted into the database. Instead of hitting the database for each record, we need to insert bulk records into database.

O365 Consuming Azure PAAS SQL DB Through BCSMar 03, 2018. This document explains the steps to configure BCS using Office 365 that can pull data from Azure PaaS SQL DB and also to configure firewall IP ranges and network possibilities.

Execute SQL Server Stored Procedure With User Parameter In Power BIFeb 28, 2018. Sometimes there is a situation in which we need to get data by consuming SQL Server stored procedure. SQL Server stored procedure has parameters which we need to pass dynamically.
Power BI provides a functionality to execute Stored Procedure using Managed Parameters.
During this article we will talk about,
• How to create Manage Parameter
• How to pass manage parameter to a Stored Procedure
• Invoke Query Result and load data to Power BI Desktop

What Is Date Correlation Optimization?Feb 28, 2018. OK So, I am doing some digging and peaking around again in SQL Server and came across a database option called Date Correlation Optimization Enabled = False. Honestly, I had no clue what it did, so I took it as a learning opportunity to look into it and do a little research. Who knows, it may actual help me solve one of the many problems I run into day to day for clients.

What Does This Little Check Box DoFeb 21, 2018. Ever wander around SQL Server properties and wonder what these little check boxes turn on? I do, and I get very tempted to check them. Here is one of those tempting little boxes that seems pretty handy. Use query governor to prevent long running queries.

VLFs - The Forgotten FoeFeb 19, 2018. How many of you check the amount of Virtual Log Files (VLFs) your transaction logs have?

Download User License Information For PowerApps And Microsoft FlowFeb 16, 2018. PowerApps is one of the services available in the Office 365 environment that enables us to create apps or forms for business and other uses without coding experience. We can connect against external data sources like SQL, SharePoint, Salesforce, etc... to develop an application. PowerApps has its own data source called Common Data Service.

How To Get Started With Always Encrypted For Beginners - Part ThreeFeb 15, 2018. A few weeks ago, I wrote Part 1 and 2 of this series, which was a beginner’s guide to Always Encrypted. In part 3, I am going to go over what road blocks I ran into when trying to implement this solution for a client. The goal of the project was to prevent the DBA from being able to view salary information, while still allowing the application to function without issue.

SQL Coding Best PracticesFeb 14, 2018. While executing your procedure, the system will first scan through all system procedures and then user defined procedures. This means that the procedure might take more time for execution thus decreasing system performance.

How To Get Started With Always Encrypted For Beginners - Part TwoFeb 12, 2018. In this post we will pick up where we left off in Part 1, if you haven’t read that please go back and do so. Now that we have encrypted our columns, it’s time to take a look at how we decrypt them inside SQL Server Management Studio or through our applications. You’ll be surprised to see how easy it is.

SQL Sequence Vs Identity ColumnFeb 06, 2018. Let’s take a look at what a Sequence is in relation to an Identity Column in SQL Server. Did you know Sequence even existed? I didn’t until I was asked about them. It’s amazing how much you can skip over and never notice in SSMS. See this little folder, ever notice it under Programmability in Management Studio. Yep it’s there, SQL Server has this very handy thing called Sequences. Sequences are a relatively new feature that have only existed since SQL Server 2012, but have long existed in Oracle (where there a no identity columns).

Cursors In SQL ServerFeb 06, 2018. A cursor is a database object which is used to retrieve data from result sets one row at a time.The cursor can be used when the data needs to be updated row by row.

Automating SVN Check-Ins And Building A Project Via JenkinsFeb 05, 2018. A few weeks back, while sitting with my team, I learned that they run a Jenkins job which has to execute the automation scripts using the robot framework, daily around 1:00 a.m. The primary purpose of the job is to place all the necessary files and folders over the node machine of Jenkins (after copying them from the machine pointed as master on Jenkins), execute those scripts accordingly, generate the reports, and finally copy the output files back to the master machine to analyze the logs for the overall reporting and analysis purposes. This whole efficient job starts with a slack manual step which was enough to tag this activity &#39;not fully automated&#39; because they had to place the updated work regularly on the specified path over the master machine before leaving the office (this includes taking the updated code, files, and automation scripts, building the project to take the DLLs etc.). This may sound tedious but more than that, there is no sense to do it manually.

Boolean Search Basics For Recruiters - Tutorial OneJan 31, 2018. Boolean Search is a mathematical logic which we use to put on Google, LinkedIn, and other job boards etc. to get the accurate and relevant results while expanding and narrowing the strings with key operators like AND, OR, NOT etc.

Performing CRUD Operations On Azure SQL Database Using SharePoint Framework Web Part And ASP.NET Web API - Part OneJan 24, 2018. Supposing there is an existing data in an SQL database, be it Azure or an on-premise database server, you are required to make the data available for CRUD operations in SharePoint for your users. This is a scenario where this article will be of help to you. In this article, I will show you how you can perform CRUD operations on Azure SQL database from a SharePoint web part. Note that the steps are same for on-premise SQL database except for the steps required in setting up Azure database.

CRUD Operations In SharePoint Using REST API - CREATE OperationsJan 18, 2018. REST API is a powerful CSOM concept that can be leveraged in SharePoint for converting sophisticated business designs into working and efficient SharePoint Artifacts (Add-Ins, CSOM solutions, etc.). REST does not require any separate references for its working unlike other frameworks (SPservices!)

Top Software Job Trends Of 2018Jan 18, 2018. There has never been a better time to be a software developer. The software industry is booming and believe it or not, there aren’t enough good software developers in the world. Salaries of software developers are still on the rise.

Store And Retrieve Using FILESTREAM From SQL DatabaseJan 06, 2018. Hello friends today I will explaining you regarding storing and retrieving image, video and other document files from SQL server using FILESTREAM future. If you are new to FIELSTREAM then read my previous article FILESTREAM Feature In SQL Server.

ASP.NET Core 2.0 Cookie AuthenticationJan 02, 2018. Cookie Authentication allows developers to hook into events at various lifecycle stages of the authentication process. For instance you could log successful sign-ins using OnSignedIn or use OnValidatePrincipal (runs on every request) to invalidate the user (e.g. if you want to force sign-out).

R Services In SQL Server 2017Jan 02, 2018. Hello Everyone. In this article I will be demonstrating how to use R Services in SQL Server 2017. This article is intended for those who have a basic idea of R language. If you don&#39;t, still no worries. You can still go through and grab it easily. I will go into details of R language in some other article.

ASP.NET Core And EF Core 2.0 TestingDec 29, 2017. The single biggest selling point of MVC architecture in general and ASP.NET Core in particular is that it makes testing much simpler. ASP.NET team has done a great job in making a framework that is pluggable, thus enabling testing of controllers, repositories and even the entire application a breeze.

SharePoint 2013 - Different Ways To Enable User Information ListDec 22, 2017. You can find a great description of User Information List on MSDN, yet if I had to explain it in brief I would say it’s a list which stores the users and their information. The information of the users includes details like their Name, Email ID, Display Name, Login Name, Job Title, About User, and Department. Whenever a user is added to the site, he/she appears in the User Information List. The User Profile Services sync the user data into the User Information List from Active Directory.

Querying ConsmosDB Using SQL APIDec 19, 2017. Here, we can find the first name and number of pets from child entity but to find out the last name we need to refer to family entity. To select last name along with first name we need to use join operator In DocumentDB

Stored Procedures Vs User Defined Functions And Choosing Which One To UseDec 19, 2017. In SQL Server, we usually come across queries, tables, views, stored procedures and functions. People often wonder what are the real differences between User Defined Functions (UDF) or simply functions and stored procedures or just procedures. There are two types of functions: Built-in and user defined. Built-in functions cannot be modified where as you can create and modify your own UDF. To utilize the full advantage of these features, we should understand their capabilities and what we can do with them and what we cannot. I am going to explain this in terms of SQL Server.

Getting Started With Apache SparkDec 18, 2017. In Big Data, Hadoop components such as Hive (SQL construct) , Pig ( Scripting construct), and MapReduce (Java programming) are used to perform all the data transformations and aggregation . Now with Apache Spark the same is being achieved with many more advantages like unified API performance, and support for multiple languages, 10X-100X faster than MapReduce.

Create Your First Azure SQL Database Using Azure Portal Dec 14, 2017. In this article, we will talk about how we can create a new database in Azure SQL. We will learn each step in a brief manner.
Most of the time when we are beginner in Azure we always have a question how we can create a database in Azure SQL. It’s very easy and simple.

Audit Made Easy Without Audit Log - Part OneDec 07, 2017. In Microsoft SQL Server, the activity of each of the database table is tracked in the other table and that is called the Audit trail or Audit log of the database table.

How To Control SQL Injection In PHPDec 07, 2017. This is an interview question, when a person showcases himself as the FULL Stack developer, it is very important that the developer should have base knowledge on the security aspects of the applications.

A Beginner's Guide To Windows Server SetupNov 29, 2017. All developers must be familiar with how to interact with a server for various project requirements. This server interaction varies depends on the project requirements. Some of may be just connecting to an SQL Server database server through an application, some of you may be hosting your application to an IIS server.

Pug Vs HTMLNov 26, 2017. In the holy wars of &quot;Pug vs HTML&quot;, it is really confusing sometimes to realize which one of these to use. The same is true for SQL vs NoSQL, and the similar is true for Java vs Python. Then people think why not talk about Pug vs HTML as well. HTML is always the perfect language to consider, however for the case of Pug there might be a bit of confusion. Some developers don&#39;t know Pug, and some who know it, know it as a Jade framework.

Introduction To SSISNov 24, 2017. SSIS stands for SQL Server Integration Services. It is one of the services of SQL Server and was introduced for the first time in SQL Server 2005. It’s a powerful replacement for the legacy DTS (Data Transformation Services) that exists in SQL Server 2000.

Creating Azure WebJob To Access SharePoint Using Typescript And Node.jsNov 14, 2017. Create a new folder in the solution by the name &#39;src&#39; and create index.ts file inside the folder. In this folder we will keep all the source files which will get executed when the Job runs. Remember to keep the index.ts at the root of the src and all other files (if any) keep them in the folder otherwise the job will fail.

Server Side Custom Paging In Angular-UI Grid Using Web APINov 13, 2017. In this article, you will learn how to implement server side custom paging using Angular UI-Grid with Web API and SQL Server database and stored procedure. In this article, I will demonstrate server side paging and sorting only, Filtering we should learn in next article.

DROP IF EXISTS In SQL Server 2016Nov 13, 2017. With this very small but handy tip, we’ll check the enhancement that has been made to DROP statement in SQL Server 2016. Earlier, we used to write additional checking logic to make sure that the object exists to drop. If we miss writing the check and if the object is not available, then we are being served with an error message. With SQL Server 2016, now we can check the existence of the respective object without any error being generated.

Task Scheduling Through Quartz In C#Nov 10, 2017. In this article, we are going to learn about task scheduling through QUARTZ scheduler in C#. Here we are going to make a simple windows form application and schedule a job in it.

Introduction Of New Useful Features In SSMS 2016Nov 10, 2017. This article is an effort to list out a few exciting improvements that have been made to SQL Server Management Studio 2016. I believe, most of these new features can help improve the speed of our work and are more convenient to use the SSMS.

Masking Sensitive Data With SQL Server 2016Nov 10, 2017. SQL Server 2016 has many features which you can use to make your data and application more secure, more maintained and easily retrieved as per your requirements. It has introduced both client side security such as Always Encrypted as well as server side security such as Data masking etc. In this post we’ll examine how Dynamic Data Masking can help secure our data.

Power BI On-Premises Server Installation And ConfigurationNov 06, 2017. On October 31, 2017 Microsoft released the latest version of Power BI report server, in this version on-premises reports can connect to different data sources (SQL Server, Oracle, SAP HANA ...Etc.). Users can also use direct Query option or import data option and create schedule to refresh the imported data. This article will give the step by step process to install and configure a Power BI on premises server.

Create An Azure SQL Database Using PowerShellNov 03, 2017. A resource group is a logical container into which Azure resources are deployed and managed as a group. So let&#39;s create a resource group for that using New-AzureRmResourceGroup command.

How To Create A SQL Database In AzureNov 03, 2017. In this article you will see how to create an Azure SQL Database in the Azure portal. Azure SQL Database is a relational database-as-a-service which provides high performance, reliable and secure database used to build data-driven applications and websites.

Cloud Databases In Azure - Part TwoOct 16, 2017. In the first article of this series, I explained about how to create SQL Database in Azure. I recommend you read the first article.

Always Encrypted In SQL Server 2016 - Step By Step Guide - Part TwoOct 14, 2017. This is part two of &quot;Always Encrypted In SQL Server 2016 - Step By Step Guide&quot; series. In this article, we are going to see the sample queries on encrypted columns and Limitations of Always Encrypted feature. In case, if you have missed out the first part of the series.

User-Defined Types In SQL ServerOct 13, 2017. When we are working with any programming language, we create user defined types as per our requirement. It is a better idea to have this feature in the SQL server.

Always Encrypted In SQL Server 2016 - Step By Step Guide - Part OneOct 06, 2017. Lets say, we have a requirement to encrypt the PII data for an existing ASP.NET web application. Data needs to be encrypted at rest as well as on transit. Considering the existing PROD data, we need to identify an encryption approach that best suits the requirement. I&#39;m going to share my experience in finding the encryption approach and implementing it on a sample database.

How To Secure PII Data In SQL Server Using CLE (Column Level Encryption)Oct 03, 2017. PII (personally identifiable information) which is used to identify individual identity such as SSN, DOB, Bank Account Number etc. When you are working with financial application you face the scenario where you have to store the data in encrypted format, so no one can see the actual data.

WebGrid Custom Paging Links To Avoid Load On Server Using Stored Procedure And ASP.NET MVCSep 27, 2017. I will show you how to fetch the data dynamically from the database and bind to the WebGrid control, using the stored procedure in MVC 4.0. In this blog, today, I will show you how to write code in ASP.NET MVC for implementation of WebGrid Control using Static Data. In later sessions, I will show you the process of using GridView Dynamically, that means using SQL Server data source.

How To Secure PII Data In SQL Server Using .NET AssemblySep 21, 2017. PII (Personally Identifiable Information) is used to identify individual identity markers such as SSN, DOB, Bank Account Number etc. When you are working with financial applications you face a scenario where you have to store the data in encrypted format, so no one can see the actual data.

Fetch User Details And Profile Picture From Person Or Group Field Using REST APISep 18, 2017. In one of my projects (on Office 365) I have a requirement to scroll key contacts of a project with the use&#39;s Full Name, Department, Job Title, Phone (Work/ Mobile) and Picture URL. Since all contacts are internal employees I don’t have to input user details, I just need a person and group field in a list to capture the user.

How To Consume Web API Through SSIS PackageSep 07, 2017. In this article, I have illustrated the purpose of SSIS with Web API. It shows how SSIS can use Web API to do certain operations, like updating the database table based on Service response, and process the data, etc.

How Should We Store Images And Blob Files In SQL ServerSep 06, 2017. There is always a requirement from developers: How should I store images and BLOB files in SQL Server ? In this post let&#39;s explore the data types and methods used for storing Binary Large Objects also know as BLOBs, such as images and sounds, into SQL Server.